كُولُوسِي 2

١ 1 فَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ تَعْلَمُوا أَيُّ جِهَادٍ لِي لِأَجْلِكُمْ، وَلِأَجْلِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي لَاوُدِكِيَّةَ، وَجَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَرَوْا وَجْهِي فِي ٱلْجَسَدِ،

For I would have you know what a great conflict I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen me in person:

٢ 2 لِكَيْ تَتَعَزَّى قُلُوبُهُمْ مُقْتَرِنَةً فِي ٱلْمَحَبَّةِ لِكُلِّ غِنَى يَقِينِ ٱلْفَهْمِ، لِمَعْرِفَةِ سِرِّ ٱللهِ ٱلْآبِ وَٱلْمَسِيحِ،

that their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, and to all the riches of a full assurance of understanding in these things, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of our God and Father, and of Christ:

٣ 3 ٱلْمُذَّخَرِ فِيهِ جَمِيعُ كُنُوزِ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَٱلْعِلْمِ.

in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

٤ 4 وَإِنَّمَا أَقُولُ هَذَا لِئَلَّا يَخْدَعَكُمْ أَحَدٌ بِكَلَامٍ مَلِقٍ.

And this I say, least any one should deceive you with fine speeches.

٥ 5 فَإِنِّي وَإِنْ كُنْتُ غَائِبًا فِي ٱلْجَسَدِ لَكِنِّي مَعَكُمْ فِي ٱلرُّوحِ، فَرِحًا، وَنَاظِرًا تَرْتِيبَكُمْ وَمَتَانَةَ إِيمَانِكُمْ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

For though I be absent in body, yet am I with you in spirit, rejoicing and beholding your regularity, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

٦ 6 فَكَمَا قَبِلْتُمُ ٱلْمَسِيحَ يَسُوعَ ٱلرَّبَّ ٱسْلُكُوا فِيهِ،

Therefore as ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him;

٧ 7 مُتَأَصِّلِينَ وَمَبْنِيِّينَ فِيهِ، وَمُوَطَّدِينَ فِي ٱلْإِيمَانِ، كَمَا عُلِّمْتُمْ، مُتَفَاضِلِينَ فِيهِ بِٱلشُّكْرِ.

rooted and built up in Him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught it, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

٨ 8 اُنْظُرُوا أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ أَحَدٌ يَسْبِيكُمْ بِٱلْفَلْسَفَةِ وَبِغُرُورٍ بَاطِلٍ، حَسَبَ تَقْلِيدِ ٱلنَّاسِ، حَسَبَ أَرْكَانِ ٱلْعَالَمِ، وَلَيْسَ حَسَبَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

Take heed least any one make a prey of you by philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ:

٩ 9 فَإِنَّهُ فِيهِ يَحِلُّ كُلُّ مِلْءِ ٱللَّاهُوتِ جَسَدِيًّا.

for all the fulness of the deity dwelleth personally in Him.

١٠ 10 وَأَنْتُمْ مَمْلُوؤُونَ فِيهِ، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ رَأْسُ كُلِّ رِيَاسَةٍ وَسُلْطَانٍ.

And ye are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

١١ 11 وَبِهِ أَيْضًا خُتِنْتُمْ خِتَانًا غَيْرَ مَصْنُوعٍ بِيَدٍ، بِخَلْعِ جِسْمِ خَطَايَا ٱلْبَشَرِيَّةِ، بِخِتَانِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision not performed by hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision which is of Christ:

١٢ 12 مَدْفُونِينَ مَعَهُ فِي ٱلْمَعْمُودِيَّةِ، ٱلَّتِي فِيهَا أُقِمْتُمْ أَيْضًا مَعَهُ بِإِيمَانِ عَمَلِ ٱللهِ، ٱلَّذِي أَقَامَهُ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ.

being buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are raised together with Him, through faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.

١٣ 13 وَإِذْ كُنْتُمْ أَمْوَاتًا فِي ٱلْخَطَايَا وَغَلَفِ جَسَدِكُمْ، أَحْيَاكُمْ مَعَهُ، مُسَامِحًا لَكُمْ بِجَمِيعِ ٱلْخَطَايَا،

And when ye were dead in trespasses, and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,

١٤ 14 إِذْ مَحَا ٱلصَّكَّ ٱلَّذِي عَلَيْنَا فِي ٱلْفَرَائِضِ، ٱلَّذِي كَانَ ضِدًّا لَنَا، وَقَدْ رَفَعَهُ مِنَ ٱلْوَسَطِ مُسَمِّرًا إِيَّاهُ بِٱلصَّلِيبِ،

and cancelled the obligation we were under by ritual decrees, which was grievous to us, and hath taken it quite away, even nailing it to his cross.

١٥ 15 إِذْ جَرَّدَ ٱلرِّيَاسَاتِ وَٱلسَّلَاطِينَ أَشْهَرَهُمْ جِهَارًا، ظَافِرًا بِهِمْ فِيهِ.

And having spoiled principalities and powers, He made them an open spectacle, triumphing over them by it.

١٦ 16 فَلَا يَحْكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَحَدٌ فِي أَكْلٍ أَوْ شُرْبٍ، أَوْ مِنْ جِهَةِ عِيدٍ أَوْ هِلَالٍ أَوْ سَبْتٍ،

Let no one therefore judge you on account of meat, or drink, or in respect of a feast, or a new-moon, or sabbaths;

١٧ 17 ٱلَّتِي هِيَ ظِلُّ ٱلْأُمُورِ ٱلْعَتِيدَةِ، وَأَمَّا ٱلْجَسَدُ فَلِلْمَسِيحِ.

which are a shadow of good things to come, but the body is of Christ.

١٨ 18 لَا يُخَسِّرْكُمْ أَحَدٌ ٱلْجِعَالَةَ، رَاغِبًا فِي ٱلتَّوَاضُعِ وَعِبَادَةِ ٱلْمَلَائِكَةِ، مُتَدَاخِلًا فِي مَا لَمْ يَنْظُرْهُ، مُنْتَفِخًا بَاطِلًا مِنْ قِبَلِ ذِهْنِهِ ٱلْجَسَدِيِّ،

Let no one deprive you of your reward by an affected humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into what he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his carnal mind;

١٩ 19 وَغَيْرَ مُتَمَسِّكٍ بِٱلرَّأْسِ ٱلَّذِي مِنْهُ كُلُّ ٱلْجَسَدِ بِمَفَاصِلَ وَرُبُطٍ، مُتَوَازِرًا وَمُقْتَرِنًا يَنْمُو نُمُوًّا مِنَ ٱللهِ.

and not adhering to the head, from which all the body, being supplied and held together as by joints and bands, increaseth with the increase of God.

٢٠ 20 إِذًا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ قَدْ مُتُّمْ مَعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ عَنْ أَرْكَانِ ٱلْعَالَمِ، فَلِمَاذَا كَأَنَّكُمْ عَائِشُونَ فِي ٱلْعَالَمِ؟ تُفْرَضُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَرَائِضُ:

If therefore ye be dead with Christ from the elements of the world; why, as if living in the world, are ye subject to ceremonial ordinances,

٢١ 21 «لَا تَمَسَّ! وَلَا تَذُقْ! وَلَا تَجُسَّ!»

(such as "touch not, taste not,

٢٢ 22 ٱلَّتِي هِيَ جَمِيعُهَا لِلْفَنَاءِ فِي ٱلِٱسْتِعْمَالِ، حَسَبَ وَصَايَا وَتَعَالِيمِ ٱلنَّاسِ،

handle not," which all tend to corruption in the using, ) according to the commandments and doctrines of men?

٢٣ 23 ٱلَّتِي لَهَا حِكَايَةُ حِكْمَةٍ، بِعِبَادَةٍ نَافِلَةٍ، وَتَوَاضُعٍ، وَقَهْرِ ٱلْجَسَدِ، لَيْسَ بِقِيمَةٍ مَا مِنْ جِهَةِ إِشْبَاعِ ٱلْبَشَرِيَّةِ.

which things indeed have a pretence to wisdom in voluntary worship, and humiliation, and bodily penance, as having no regard to the satisfying of the flesh.